Holstein Breed's Highest TPI Sire Graduates at Select Sires
PLAIN CITY, Ohio, May 12, 2003 — The Holsteins breed's newest No. 1 sire for Type-Production Index (TPI™) and five additional bulls debuting in the top half of the Top-100 TPI list have graduated into the active-A.I. lineup at Select Sires. This follows the May 12 announcement of new official evaluations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Interbull and Holstein Association USA. Led by 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET*TV, whose TPI of +1872 is 99 points higher than the next-highest bull in the breed, these graduates all excel in transmitting high components and profitable type as they join North America's leading active-A.I. lineup of 90 Holsteins.
"This is one of the most exciting graduation days in the history of Select Sires," says George Miller, retired vice president of marketing and development, Select Sires. "These six graduates, backed by 10 different sires and maternal grandsires, offer excellent diversity and milk components along with solid type. They present truly exciting, new genetic opportunities for producers throughout the world."
O MAN Leads Six Graduates in Top 50 for TPI
In what is believed to be a first for any A.I. organization, in May Select Sires graduated six top-50 TPI sires that were proven through its progeny-testing programs into active-A.I. service.
"These six graduates all result from either the Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) or Genetic Opportunity for Leading Dairymen (GOLD) program," says Chuck Sattler, vice president, dairy progeny testing and genetic research, Select Sires. "They are a great example of the value that a comprehensive progeny-testing program can bring to the dairy industry. The predicted transmitting abilities (PTAs) for these six show extraordinary balance for production and type (averaging +1,476M +69F +62P +1.73T) at an unusually high reliability for new graduates (averaging 83 percent for yield, 80 percent for type). Results like this are one reason why each year more than 4,500 herds that collectively milk more than 1 million cows help sample 350 bulls of six dairy breeds through Select's PGA."
Starting his active-A.I. career as the breed's best for TPI, O MAN also leads the industry for PTA cheese-merit dollars (+$802). Bred by Gary, Gaylon and Steve Obert, Dakota, Ill., this Excellent Ha-Ho Cubby MANFRED-ET son is out of an Excellent (92) 7HO2236 Emprise Bell ELTON daughter with 4-2 365d 35,082M 4.4% 1,539F 3.3% 1,167P. O MAN is a calving-ease specialist (5 percent difficult births in heifers) backed by PTAs of +1,767M +.14%F +98F +.09%P +76P +759NM$, 90 percent reliability, +3.1 productive life, 50 percent reliability. O MAN daughters are tall and strong, walk correctly on feet with a steep angle, and deliver high-components milk through udders that are well above the hock.
Two High-Protein Graduates Excel in CM$
Also debuting in the breed's top 10 for TPI with a value of +1723, 7HO6349 Hidden-View BEST*TV is a Parker Aero WADE-ET son out of an early second-crop daughter of 7HO3948 MJR Blackstar EMORY-ET. His Very Good (87) dam with 3-4 365d 37,540M 1,313F 1,093P is backed by two generations of Gold Medal Dams with more than 40,000 pounds of milk and 1,500 pounds of fat. Bred by Teresa Kissling, Robesonia, Pa., BEST has well-balanced PTAs of +1,560M +.05%F +69F +.05%P +57P +554CM$, +2.55T. Producers can use BEST as an all-around foot-and-leg improver (PTA +2.34FLC), and to transmit scale, substance and strongly attached, shallow udders with strong ligaments.
7HO6371 Ricecrest FIDEL ET*TV1 is second only to O MAN at Select Sires for protein production (PTA +.08%P +74P), which contributes to his high cheese-merit value of +$574. This 250 FATAL son is from a Very Good (87) Maizefield BELLWOOD-ET Gold Medal Dam with 1-11 365d 27,460M 1,105F 806P that's backed by two generations of high-scoring, high-producing Dams of Merit. Bred by Fred and Dale Rice, Chambersburg, Pa., FIDEL is in the breed's top 40 for TPI (+1614) due to his ability to transmit a balance of production and type (PTAs +1,787M +1.43T). FIDEL will help maintain size and frame while siring ideal leg set, good mobility, extremely high, wide rear udders and a strong udder cleft.
Maternal Brothers Have High TPIs
Two maternal brothers in the breed's top 35 for TPI join the Select lineup, sharing the ability to sire high-components production from strength. Bred by Gary Housner, Elroy, Wis., they are out of a Very Good (86) Zee-Cal COMMOTION-ET Gold Medal Dam with 2-6 365d 3X 38,230M 3.7% 1,426F 3.3% 1,277P. The next two dams each have more than 1,200 pounds of fat.
Sired by Exranco Sikkema LEAD, 7HO6302 Bo-Irish RJ Lead READY-ET*TV has PTAs of +1,009M +.11%F +64F +.11%P +56P +514CM$, +2.14T, TPI +1620. Designated a SUPERIOR SETTLER™, READY is siring tall, open-ribbed daughters that have excellent width and depth, steep foot angle, and strongly attached udders with deep ligaments.
His brother by 7HO4482 Margene Blackstar FRED, 9HO2647 Bo-Irish RJ RELIABLE-ET*TV, has similar high-components credentials with PTAs of +1,224M +.11%F +72F +.07%P +52P +522CM$, +1.89T, TPI +1622. RELIABLE transmits excellent frames with dairyness, width and strength, as well as high, wide rear udders, strong fore-udder attachments and close front teat placement.
SUPERIOR SETTLER Rounds Out Graduates
9HO2660 Jauquet-Soukup HOLMGREN-ET*TV is a MANFRED son that has been designated a SUPERIOR SETTLER as he debuts in the breed's top 50 for TPI with a value of +1593. His Excellent, Rothrock Tradition LEADMAN, Gold Medal Dam with 42,570 pounds of milk is backed by two generations of Dams of Merit with more than 1,450 pounds of fat. Bred by Jeff Jauquet and Barry Soukup, Luxemburg, Wis., HOLMGREN has PTAs of +1,508M +53F +55P +518CM$, +1.42T. Producers are turning to HOLMGREN to sire medium-sized cows with correct feet and legs (PTA +2.14FLC) and well-attached udders.
Up-to-Date Sire-Evaluation Statistics Readily Available
Producers can obtain additional details about these six new active-A.I. Holstein sires as well as up-to-date production and type data on all 127 individuals in the Select Sires dairy lineup from a single source - www.selectsires.com. This information is available free to producers and others interested in obtaining information about breed-leading genetics. In addition, people can contact the Select Sires representative nearest them for more details.
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